Retention clip for electrical contacts

Details Retention clip for electrical contacts Retention clip for electrical contacts

1986-12-22

1987-10-20

Weidenfeld, Gil

Electrical connectors

Metallic connector or contact having means for securing to...

Adapted to be secured by resiliently biased part latching...

H01R 13426

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047010045

ABSTRACT:
A retention clip for use in a one-piece housing is stamped and formed to have a plurality of spaced pairs of locking lances located around the circumference proximate the middle to engage an annulus along a housing passageway to retain the clip therein. Lance-like latching projections extend forwardly from a rear end of the clip and radially inwardly to engage behind a rear stop surface of a terminal inserted thereinto, with the latching projection deflectable outwardly by the terminal during insertion and also deflectable outwardly by a removal tool inserted along the terminal to permit same face terminal removal. Short radially inward tabs at the front end of the clip provide forward stops to engage a forward stop surface of the terminal. The clip thus retains a terminal having a simple larger diameter central section, within a housing passageway having only a single annulus, in a manner permitting easy terminal removal. A socket contact section can be modified to form opposing chordal surface portions adjacent the rearward terminal stop surface to permit latching by the clip's latching projections.

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patent: 4585294 (1986-04-01), Wolowicz et al.

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